Red: The History of a Color - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691172774ISBN-10:691172773UPC:9780691172774Book Category:Art, PsychologyBook Subcategory:History, Mental Health, Criticism & TheoryBook Topic:MedievalSize:9.50 x 9.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:2.8726Product ID:SCPJYBZK3C
Red: The History of a Color
A beautifully illustrated visual and cultural history of the color red throughout the ages
The color red has represented many things, from the life force and the divine to love, lust, and anger. Up through the Middle Ages, red held a place of privilege in the Western world. For many cultures, red was not just one color of many but rather the only color worthy enough to be used for social...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691172774ISBN-10:691172773UPC:9780691172774Book Category:Art, PsychologyBook Subcategory:History, Mental Health, Criticism & TheoryBook Topic:MedievalSize:9.50 x 9.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:2.8726Product ID:SCPJYBZK3C
Michel Pastoureau is a historian and director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études de la Sorbonne in Paris. A specialist in the history of colors, symbols, and heraldry, he is the author of many books, including Green, Black, and Blue (all Princeton) and The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages.
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